AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 1308 firmware update is now available

On top of an already busy day for Windows Phone users, those with an AT&T Nokia Lumia 920 will be pleased to know that the 1308 firmware is now available to download over-the-air. We told you it was coming last week and it’s now here.

Before and after photos with new Nokia firmware (Image credit: Axefield)

Nokia has been quiet as to the specific changelog with the 1308 firmware, especially for AT&T. We’ve reached out though for clarity and to see when it will come to other 920 owners who are either unlocked or on other carriers. [Update: Some of the improvements include "proximity sensor parameters, improved automatic display brightness adjustment & performance improvements" in addition to the camera fixes and Storage tools option]

For now, those on AT&T can go into Settings > Phone Update and check the server. You will need Wi-Fi for the download portion and no, this does not update the OS just the firmware.

Not sure if you share this problem, but if you have a screen protector that covers the sensor, that can cause proximity problems I had to cut away a portion on a screen protector I had and it solved all problems with the proximity sensor during phone calls that I had.

Maybe do it right first time? Now I have a Lumia and am a Nokia fan, but they have some niggling issues which they always have to fine-tune. Things like overheating are never an issue with Samsung devices, Nokia has to get upto that mark. That said I hate almost everything else with a samsung phone.

Mine is stuck on the screen showing the at&t logo. Nothing is happening. It looks like my phone is now a brick.
EDIT: Pheeeeewwwwwww! I had to do a soft reboot and then it picked back up with the migration of data. All done now and working fine.

1. For folks with battery issues, try turning off LOCATION when not in use. You can check if its effective by using your phone only for push email and light browsing over 24hrs and see if it makes a difference.
2. For ppl whose screen goes black during calls with the Lumia 920, the problem is dust trapped in the proximity sensor. Use compressed air to clear it out or simply blow out the dust if you have strong lungs.

Compressed air only works for a while. Eventually it will be beyond air fixing. The problem isn't dust really but a design weakness which leaves the phone vulnerable to it. And this need to be repaired. If they have done so by althering the sensitivity of the sensor in firmware, that is great. But one cannot be sure that the problem will not return adter six more months in bags and pockets. Still great that something is happening tho. I can imagine that the reason why they haven't admitted publically to a design flaw is that they want to see if they can lessen the cases with firmware, instead of recalling hundreds and thousands of units.

I'm just reading in forums that some rogers stores are not stocking 920's anymore and people can't get them, the store reps don't even think that they're getting anymore, some store reps don't even know what a 920 is.... hell just last week a rogers rep called me saying I had 920 and that I could do an upgrade to iphone or galaxy, like wtf.

That's odd, every store I've been too had it stocked and was able to buy the accessories for it as well. Some tech guys when you call in did not really know much about it, but that was around December which was close to release.

I've been on the gears screen for about 15mins.... I was a little scared and thinking of ways to blame it on some outside forces, then it restarted as I'm typing this and proceeded to the step 1 of 4 portion. (phew, thank god lol)

it's hard to explain. But, it feels more like a Samsung device than before. The sound is also softer when you hear it. And no, I didn't drop mine. The wife has a L920 without the update. I'll do a check to make sure I'm not somehow making this up.

Any word on people that have updated already if this did fix the proximity sensor issue? I'm at work now so I can't download and test it out but I'm hoping people that have the screens go black during a call have this issue resolved! I know it has a note in the "change log" for changes to proximity sensor, just wondering if anyone has tested it out and it worked.

I hope they've dimmed those capacitive buttons. In a completely dark room, they are almost blinding. It makes alarm-clock apps worhtless, and it's painful to read a book or watch YouTube videos at night .

I doubt it's the exclusivity that is affecting it. I'm thinking it might be that AT&T asked for specific changes in this firmware, so they've expedited the rollout ahead of whatever schedule Nokia and Microsoft are using for the non-branded phones.

oh man, I am starting to worry too... it has been around 10 minutes now :(... I have lots of pictures and stuff in mine though. I know my ipad used to take longer depending on the amount of apps and data in it.

Glad to see more camera updates, the camera on the 920 is pretty much awful compared to my old 4S. Not even in the same ballpark on daytime shots, everything was a blurry mess and the sharpness was like having my contacts out.

Doesn't make a difference if viewed on a PC, the textures are muddy and sharpness is nowhere to be found. It is literally the worst camera phone I've ever had. (Haven't checked since I updated, not near a PC at the moment.)

I mean I see that the sharness in my shots is a smidgen below the likes of the Iphone or the SGS3, but definitely not bad. All it takes is a little sharpness being applied in some editor on a computer, or via apps and there you go on par with the others. And then at night, well I dont even need to say that I suppose.

Have a look here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/91328332@N07/8462543504/
^ Untouched image, no flash, at very low light, so low that I could hardly read a book at arm's length. Notice the strands? very sharp dont you think ?

I did have the portico update, and they still looked terrible compared tomy 4S. I'm not crapping on the phone, I love it overall, but the photos left a lot to be desired. I'm not interested in running an image editor to fix the inherent problems with the camera, it's a quick point and shoot that I don't want to have to fool with. It's not worth my time to fix every single photo I take with it to make them useable, I didn't have to with my 4S.

Since the update it looks to have gotten better, but it's absolutely asinine that emailing the photos from the phone drops the res to 720p. Unacceptable. I'll have to use it for a few more days to see how much it's improved, but the photos seem to have gotten a lot better after this update.

Can't view that link, am I putting in im y browser wrong? (straight copy and paste). Also, the night shots, while grainy sometimes are incredible. That I don't deny. Blew me away the first time I took a night photo.

The text that follows the '@' symnol is also part of the link, its being reformatted in the comment.
I have doubts on your phone, I'd much appreciate if you could provide a link to any of your pics that you find to suffer from reduced sharpness. Because the daylight shots although not outstanding are easily among the better shots I have seen in any phone, it surely is not terrible no matter what phone you are comparing it with, IMO.
BTW, that "very sharp" comment is especially since its a low light photo. Currently I dont have any pics that I took in daylight for comparison. The very next image is one with flash and that one is as sharp as any pic is from a phone-camera.

Okay, call it whatever you will. It looked terrible side by side to my old 4S. I don't care that you think I'm not telling the truth, the fact is looking side by side the textures and sharpness were an utter mess compared. It looks to have improved after this latest update, though.

I'm not saying it's better or worse than phone X. I'm saying your assertion that it is "literally the worst camera phone I've ever had" is ridiculous, unless you are VERY new to the cell phone scene. That kind of hyperbole is just silly. There might be a couple camers out there that you could say are better, depending on how you personally judge a camera phone and the conditions you typically take pictures in. But worst ever? Give me a break.

What happens is that the iPhone doesn't get too agressive at Luma Noise Reduction, that's why iPhone photos look very sharp even if with some visible noise. The Lumia on the other hand, has very agressive noise reduction, so pictures have a muddy look, specially at high ISOs, like over 200.

I would love to have the option of disable or reduce noise reduction, or taking the pictures in raw for that matter. The good thing is that the Lumia 920 is not affraid of long exposures like 1/2 or 1 sec. , so it doesn't alway choose a high ISO, the iPhone slowest shutter is about 1/15 of a sec, so it picks a high ISO more frecuently.

BTW I am in the gears spining screen for some 20 minutes... I am a little scared...

Great, good for you if they look good. In mt experience the photos look awful compared to my 1+ year old iPhone 4S. Not being a fanboy, I got tired of iOS and switched to a 920, but the camera sucks. I haven't checked since I just updated, but the camera is nowhere near as good if nothings changed. Maybe its my hardware, but I was incredibly disappointed with daylight shots.

Souds like you've got a bad phone. I carry both an iPhone 4S (and will continue to until maybe four or five more critical apps show up on W.P) and a Lumia 920. The 920 absolutely smokes the 4S in ALL lighting conditions.

I have 9GB in other too... tried Shrink app and its weird because it said it cleared out 3GB, but it didn't come from the Other category!
Updating now... now I'm curious to see what happens to that 9GBs...

edit* after update, the Storage Check option is the last thing in the settings list (I didn't notice it at first because I was still looking under 'Phone Storage'. With Storage Check, you can now clear the temporary files manually. I reduced 'Other' down to 3GB from 9GB. Excellent!

I had about 12GB in "other". It still says 6.9GB in the regular Windows Phone storage area, but the Nokia Storage Check shows 2.1GB. Even if I add up everything else listed that should be a part of "other", it doesn't come close to 6.9GB:

I have noticed that some apps keep a ton of storage for no apparent reason. The biggest hog was the ProShot camera app, taking up 471MB of space, most of that "app data" that would take up space in the "Other" storage section. I uninstalled and reinstalled it and it now occuppies only 10MB. The app just takes the pictures. It doesn't edit them, so there's no need for any temp files for "undo". It processes the shot and then saves it to the Picture Hub in Camera Roll, so it must be holding onto a temp file. I wonder how many other apps are needlessly taking up space. This will be a great tool in finding them.

Yellow, ATT, 2 months old. I wish I could roll it back to before this update now without resetting the phone. Scrolling is jittery now and battery life is suffering. It dropped 20% just lying unused in 30 minutes.
UPDATE: After the firmware update, I did a soft reset because of the issues with battery drain and jittery scrolling. To perform that simple task of rebooting, my battery drained 3%. In less than 2 hours, with very modest use, it has gone from 91% charge to 35%. It used 3% typing this update. I can see a phone reset coming.

I sincerely hope that this secretly resolves the "battery drain issue" that I've had.
In fact, I'm on my third Lumia 920 now, and ALL OF THEM have had the same issue. It was not true of the Lumia 820, which worked fine, but I can easily repro it on the 920. My co-worker's 920 has the same problem, as do many others. Sad :(

I wouldn't say that Nokia Maps is the culprit. Nokia Maps uses the downloaded map from the System. Offline map storage might be under System or Other.
Looking at my storage check, HERE Drive+ takes up around 32MB and HERE Maps takes up around 23MB.

Hey. Its not the proximity sensor, its dust trapped in the upper right corner of the phone which blocks the sensor. You can get compressed air to flush it out and also clear your FFC. If you have strong lungs, you can simply blow out the dust like I did and it should work fine. Trust me its the dust.

I agree that it's dust on the sensor that's causing this issue, but this update seems to fix that problem. My phone had the issue with the proximity sensor for roughly 4 months now and I can see that there's dust in there. For the life of me, I can't seem to flush the dust out with compressed air. Luckily, this update seems to make the proximity sensor less sensitive to dust. It was the first thing I tested after installing the update and it seems that all is fixed now. I can finally hang up on someone or put them on speaker.

Not for me its not, definitely 100% software related. I have no dust trapped, I have used compressed air, pressed down on the corner, no screen protector, tried the restart in a dark room, nothing works. It fixed itself once but after restarting the phone it came back and has been this way since which says to me that it is definitely a software/firmware problem.
I've just put up with it as I'm not patient enough to wait 2 weeks while it got fixed and given the reports on the repair jobs being done, I wasn't convinced that it would get fixed anyway. Looks like this firmware update finally addresses the issue.

As per my other reply, I tried this a number of times, while I think it worked once, it hasn't worked since.
I'm thinking that the one time it worked was a fluke due to the fact I'm convinced that mine has a software problem, looks like I'm not the only one if Nokia are changing the settings with this latest firmware.